There Are So Many Careers Where Women Actually Earn More Than Men

PennyGem’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us about some jobs where women make more than men.

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00:00Women earn 84 percent of what men earn. That's according to the latest Pew Research Center

00:08analysis. However, there are many jobs where women out-earn men. Female athletes and sports

00:15competitors, they make 103 percent as much as males. The median earnings for women is $50,353,

00:22while the median earnings for men is $48,873. That's according to Business Insider's analysis

00:28of U.S. Census Bureau data. Female first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention

00:34workers make 101.3 percent as much as males. The median earnings for women is $98,401,

00:41while for men it's $97,114. As SmartAsset.com highlights, using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

00:49data, counselors make 106.25 percent of men's weekly earnings. Industrial production managers,

00:56women make $1,497 a week, while men bring home just $1,469.